Fortnite has been on an epic ride so far this year, and it’s fair to say that just about everything they’ve done has been a success. They brought Thanos to the game, they introduced Seasons 3, 4, and 5 to great success. The Nintendo Switch got a port of the game and it’s been downloaded millions of times. But, in the last week, things haven’t been so goo, for their Summer Skirmish event was launched, and soon ended, with a lot of controversies.
The launch itself had lag issues, which affected gameplay, and a winner had to be announced despite that. But when they were, many Fortnite players and gamers said that they believe the player cheated, which prompted Epic Games to respond.
“Our internal Summer Skirmish analytics kept track of all opponents which participants eliminated. iDroPz_BoDiEs had 129 eliminations during the event and every single elimination was on a different opponent. This is not indicative of him having been intentionally fed eliminations and/or collusion with other players.”
They went on:
“Our analytics events also noted when players left the match prior to the bus deploying, and recorded those matches. iDroPz_BoDiEs did not join more than the specified 10 matches for the event, the narrative that he was leaving if the server wasn’t full or the bus wasn’t on a favorable path is false.”
So to conclude, they truly don’t believe he cheated, and thus truly earned the victory, and the $130,000 prize:
“There is no evidence that would suggest to us that iDroPz_BoDiEs played the competition using a mouse and keyboard. Furthermore, we do not restrict input device for players on our platforms in an effort to promote accessibility for our entire audience.”
Despite the assurances, you can bet that players are still going to be watching future Fortnite events like this like a hawk.
